Vin Scialla (drummer/educator) has traveled the world teaching and performing music. US Embassy and State Department entertainment tours have taken him to South America, Middle East, Egypt, Europe, Cuba and the Caribbean. He balances an audacious path as performer and teacher in New York. Vin holds a B.M. from Hartt School of Music, received his Masters at the Conservatory at Brooklyn College, and a D.M.A. candidate in music education. Scialla is best known for his innovative fusion of Middle Eastern, Italian, North Indian and American musical traditions. Inspired by his cultural heritage, combined with his performances with masters of Arabic and Indian Classical music in New York, he covers many aspects of non-Western percussion and adapts these traditions for jazz drumset. He performs with Liftoff Brass Band, recorded an album with jazz artists Brian Charette, Eric Schugren, Mike DiRubbo (Liftoff Records/PrimeD), Snehasish Moz
Vin has worked as a musician in film/tv including Late Night (featuring Emma Thompson) as drummer/bandleader, and composed music for feature film The Mountain (featuring Jeff Goldblum). Vin has written a drum instructional book/video for drumteacher.com and he recently performed at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors with Snehasish Mozumder, and at Symphony Space and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall with Alessandra Belloni and I Giullari Di Piazza. He has played in the pit for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions including Tick Tick Boom, and recently as sub/understudy for the Tony Award Winning Broadway show, The Bands Visit. His educational sponsors include Remo, Sabian, and Sennheiser.
Martin L. Kelley is an American educator, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in education and performance he also performs frequently as a pianist and vocalist on occasion. As a highschool student, he performed in professional local blues and R&B bands through Ohio while studying classical piano at The University of Cincinnati. At the College Conservatory of music he developed a love for composition and music performance.
After graduating from Woodward High School in 1991, he earned a bachelors degree Music Education with a focus in Jazz Performance at Central State University. After traveling and performing throughout the Midwest he settled in
New York where he then was awarded the Presidents Award and earned a Masters degree in Jazz Performance at State University of New York, Purchase. In 2000 he again relocated and taught music performance in Burgos, Spain. Upon his return to New York City he was hired to be the Head Of The Music Department at Manhattan Village Academy where he has been since.
Because of his leadership skills and ability to cultivate a culturally diverse music
curriculum he has been recognized and awarded by the City Of New York Department of
Education. He has maintained the music program at MVA for the past 21 years and it is one of
the most robust and long lasting in the city of New York.
Jazz Intensive
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Music Program
Instrumentalists and vocalists at New England Music Camp spend their mornings in four one-hour periods of music taught by a prestigious faculty of professional performers and educators from universities, colleges, and highly recognized public and private school music programs. A 4:1 faculty to student ratio provides an environment rich in sharing and learning. Students and their teachers at home often remark that “one summer of music at NEMC is like a year at home”!
Campers at New England Music Camp design their own schedules, choosing from a wide range of classes. The weekly schedule includes two one half-hour private lessons, with the option to add additional lesson time, and participation in one or more of the major performing groups. Public performances take place on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm at our outdoor amphitheater, the Bowl-in-the-Pines.
NEMC Employment
Snow Pond Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Snow Pond Center for the Arts makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Faculty
Faculty members at New England Music Camp are carefully chosen for both their achievements as professional performers and their recognition for excellence in teaching. We live in a close knit community where we dine family style and many of our faculty enjoy joining the campers on the recreation fields.
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Music Lessons